Wireless Quotations

The explosion of companies deploying wireless networks insecurely is creating vulnerabilities, as they think it's limited to the office - then they have Johnny Hacker in the parking lot with an 802.11 antenna using the network to send threatening emails to the president!

The wireless segment is approximately 50 percent of our business... we believe this is an industry-wide phenomenon and that we are, in fact, maintaining if not gaining market share.

Now that digital lifestyle devices, tablets, wireless phones, and other Internet appliances are beginning to come of age, we need to worry about presenting our content to these devices so that it is optimized for their display capabilities.

When wireless cellphones first came out, analysts predicted that at peak, it would only replace 5% of landlines. They said the quality wasn't good enough. Clearly that was improved. I think you'll find a similar thing in solar.

Where is the harm in the wireless industry?

There's a wire injected under my skin a few days before an event and connected to that is a wireless transmitter. That device communicates my blood-glucose levels to the receiver unit, which is mounted above my steering wheel.

There's nothing special about wireless networks except that wireless capacity is sometimes less than what you can get, for example, from optical fiber.

If your work is done on the phone, then surely you can set up some kind of wireless system. If your work involves reading or writing reports, then this too could be done outside.

Multi-Net Mobility addresses the need to send and receive actionable, real-time information remotely. And when customers combine Multi-Net Mobility with our MOTOMESH network, you see a truly mobile worker emerge--with anytime, anywhere high-speed wireless connectivity and immediate access to mission-critical applications on either public or private networks.

One of the primary reasons for improving wireless support is to give companies the tools to put FreeBSD into their wireless devices. The guy at FreeBSD who is adding wireless support is under contract from wireless companies to do the work.

One of the huge advantages to wireless broadband is that you can get it up and running really quickly. But how it develops in the long term there depends on how badly the infrastructure is damaged, and we don't know the answer to that yet.

One of the issues we are working with the government on, we're begging them, we need more pathways. It's the wireless information highway; we need the asphalt for that highway.

Some aspects are easy to quantify, some are not. What I can't quantify is the impact of the wireless transition on our sales due to fact that we have less inventory and less active promotional activity.

No country should waste wireless spectrum. Especially not India, where the cellphone has become the personal computer.

Only 25 percent of the world's calls are now on wireless networks. That's a huge opportunity for us.

One of the areas where I see a lot of activity is in-building wireless coverage.

One factor that commonly comes up in towns that install wireless early is that they didn't have something like DSL available. We have DSL, now we have cable modems, now we have several options. Sometimes the good enough is the enemy of the better. The fact that we've got good enough for most people slows it down.

Nextel is focused on the emerging market where wireless penetration is minute and growth potential is still ahead.

Phone.com is going against some well-capitalized and profitable entities -- Nokia (NOK) and Ericsson. It obviously felt that having more heft would help it to compete with software developers. And Software.com gets an entry into the wireless infrastructure space -- a space that everyone wants to play in. The combined entity will have its work cut out for it.

Network intrusions continue to plague IT managers, making automated security critical to availability and cost-effective management of a network. By reducing the complexity of network management and providing an effective way to identify and contain wired or wireless intruders, we're providing a cost effective way to manage and secure Alcatel and multi-vendor enterprise networks.

Led by robust analog and wireless sales, we had an outstanding quarter. Focus on execution drove our gross margins to 51 percent, up from 48 percent in the previous quarter.

Last year, we had an ambitious agenda, and we delivered with a series of initiatives that are reshaping our position in the marketplace and redefining what it means to be an ISP. Building on the strength of our core access business, we are evolving into a total communications company that will deliver an expanding portfolio of voice, data and wireless services to residential and business customers.

There are only so many new niches people can come up with. When everything's said and done, and all the hype dies down, you still have to run a wireless company.

When this location opened up because Centennial Wireless moved to a larger store, we knew we had to grab it. With this type of business you are dependent on exposure and this location will give us that and it will allow us to expand.

We need a wireless mobile device ecosystem that mirrors the PC/Internet ecosystem, one where the consumers' purchase of network capacity is separate from their purchase of the hardware and software they use on that network. It will take government action, or some disruptive technology or business innovation, to get us there.

Low-end, ultra-low-cost mobile phones are being pushed into emerging markets in large numbers. Meanwhile, at the high-end, wireless communications service providers are continuing to demand lower-cost 3G mobile phones in order to spur greater consumer adoption of 3G services. These two factors are driving down the overall ASP in 2005 and 2006.

Mobile broadband, which recently entered the U.S. market, is rapidly becoming the 'must have' technology in an industry already accelerating its shift away from desktop computers. This high-speed, broad-reach wireless technology opens up a serious set of future possibilities for both business and entertainment markets, creating one of the most powerful growth opportunities we have ever seen.

Mobile ESPN has defined a new wireless category, and with that, we are positioning the service and our marketing around the idea that life will never get in the way of sports again. This is more than a phone -- it is like putting ESPN in your pocket.

Most people think of the U.S. as behind Europe in the area of wireless services,

Most operators see Apple as a competitor, and are primarily interested in wireless download services using their own networks that don't involve transferring content from the PC because they can't make any money that way.

Most organizations have spent millions to protect their physical locations and wired networks, but if you're not securing the airwaves, you're leaving the back door wide open for hackers. Wireless networks bleed across physical boundaries and can render internal networks vulnerable to attack. In our seminar series, we will share the secrets of hacking and provide businesses with the information they need to make smart decisions about how their organization will address the growing risks associated with wireless networking.

Moving NAC in from the network's edge to include switches and wireless devices lets network administrators build baseline security policies for these devices before they connect to the network.

Motorola has a great portfolio of wireless broadband products that can cost-effectively extend the voice and high-speed digital subscriber lines (DSL) of our IOC customers. The Motorola MOTOwi4 Canopy broadband products are of special importance because they round out the Alltel product portfolio for last mile access to the home.

MSHA is pursuing promising wireless technologies to help ensure safe working environments for miners and improve rescue teams' abilities to locate them should an accident occur. MSHA is dedicated to conducting a thorough evaluation of existing technologies and pursuing promising technological advances to ensure that every step is taken to improve mine safety.

Maintaining a successful, consumer-friendly recycling program continues to be a top priority of the wireless industry. So please recognize Earth Day 2006 by taking your used wireless products out of the sock drawer and bringing them to the wireless carrier store near you to be recycled.

Lucent doesn't have the position in data networking that Cisco and Juniper Networks have, ... They are strongest in optical networking; in wireless they are competitive but in the middle of the pack; and data networking is their Achilles heel.

Many businesses are delaying rolling out high productivity technologies, such as wireless local area networks and IP telephony systems, because they have seen so much hype about the potential threats.

Many consumers are calling for live TV and lower pricing before they'll start watching video on the smallest of screens. But considering those that are likely to use it, namely, high-income, young-adult wireless subscribers, it might serve the industry well to lower the cost barrier in order to reach more of this lucrative market.

Many of today's popular mobile business applications are closed-off client-server type products, but Mini shows how companies will also be able to take a different tack in offering wireless Web tools. Whether it is creating their own version of the browser for a specific use or building less proprietary applications that can be accessed via any browser, there's no need for them to build their own interface anymore.

Simply put, these are the best wireless quarterly results from any carrier ever.

SIM Tech will now be able to expand their product portfolio to include advanced 3G wireless solutions that enable users to be connected and mobile, giving them access to necessary applications wherever they may be.

Short range, low power wireless technologies are of interest to us.

Silicon Valley is a hotbed of innovation in wireless technologies. Establishing a ubiquitous network will enable the deployment of a new generation of broadband services for our entire community, including small businesses, schools, non-profits, and all the citizens of our region.

Security remains one of the foremost inhibitors to expanding wireless application use in the enterprise. We expect that within the next 1-2 years, 50-65 percent of companies deploying wireless applications, many of which have been deployed with minimal security built-in, will acquire tools that secure and manage those applications. Moreover, with an increasing array of different device types and platforms in use, companies will concentrate on suites that provide maximum platform support while integrating into the existing non-mobile security capabilities enabled in most organizations. Products like Good Mobile Defense enable badly needed enhanced security in enterprise wireless deployments.

Seven weeks ago at our Dec. 7 earnings announcement, we projected a falloff in the current quarter of 10 percent based on slowness in the wireless market, PCs and peripherals, and a broad-based distribution inventory correction.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport continually strives to offer state-of-the art facilities that maximize our customer convenience as well as the efficiency of our operations personnel, and ensuring comprehensive wireless coverage is certainly part of that effort. LGC Wireless had a system with the flexibility, scalability, and performance to support all of our wireless traffic today, and to allow for cost-effective integration of new services and applications in the future.

JAMDAT's experience in creating fun and innovative games that appeal widely to wireless consumers makes them the ideal partner to bring my legendary TV quiz show, Bullseye, to mobile phones.

There are still some pieces that aren't being used, like the white-space bands between TV channels. With digital broadcasting, those buffers aren't needed anymore. The wireless telcos want to lease them, while the TV industry wants to maintain the status quo. Either decision would be a mistake.

Growth in orders, revenues, margins and earnings was outstanding, ... We again shipped a record number of units into the wireless and mass markets. We expect steady semiconductor growth to continue in the fourth quarter.

Four years ago, you weren't seeing a wide adoption of wireless data services. And you weren't seeing a wide consumption of new consumer electronics products.

If you are a soccer mom, you may not need to be able to send and receive e-mail from your wireless phone. If you are a soccer mom who is also a stockbroker, that might be something that is very useful to you.

If you are a wireless service provider, your revenue model is increasingly based on interactive content. They are likely to generate some interesting content by looking to the large base of Java developers.

Global Wireless did another masterful job . . . in the face of intense competition.

Given the number of major changes consumers have experienced over the past couple of years, the gap between customer expectations and actual service experience tends to widen as uncertainty from mergers greatly influences consumer perceptions. Case in point is the impact major market dynamics plays in future switching intent. Between 2004 and 2005, there has been a 5 percent increase in the intent to switch wireless carriers in the next 12 months -- a reverse from the past two years, where future switching intent remained stable.

From the PC side this year, we'll see a lot of commercial notebooks with the Napa launch, We'll hear a lot more about notebooks with wireless WAN built into them. That's most certainly a crossover technology.

If American customers are demanding that wireless operators offer it, I'm sure somebody eventually will, but that doesn't mean it's going to be us.

If it is the wireless information highway, we need the asphalt for that highway.

But we have concern about any requirement for wireless tracking and communication because -- for now -- that technology doesn't work in a deep mine.

Cell coverage in most people's homes is not all that good. If you have one of these phones and you have a broadband connection and a wireless home network, you can make that call over your IP network.

Based on recent positive statements about the pace of chip demand, made by analog peers active in the wireless markets, we anticipate similarly constructive statements from National Semiconductor.

Building a great wireless network is what we do. It has not been a core competency for municipalities.

I don't agree that wireless is an adequate substitute for all customers. Cable competition and (Internet phones) require you to have a high-speed Internet connection, and a lot of people can't afford that.

Business customers can mix and match rate plans and enjoy the ease of adding phones or rate plans as business needs change without extensive contract changes or negotiations, thus creating a customized wireless solution to meet their calling needs. Sprint Business Essentials plans are tailored to meet business needs and help them make anyplace a workplace.

Because the wireless infrastructure is already in place, it will be easy and affordable to narrow the 'Digital Divide' for our citizens and to use technology as an educational tool to help public housing residents move closer to self-sufficiency.

I have been fielding quite a few calls about Apple's filing of the 'Mobile Me' patent. Folks have been speculating about a phone from Apple for more than a year. Being that I am a wireless analyst, I don't follow Apple as closely as others do. What I do know though, is that we are not likely to know until Apple wants us to know. They are pretty good at big surprises. Do I think they are developing a phone? Probably. Probably somewhere in their labs, there are prototypes of phones. Whether or not they bring one to market commercially is another story. Whether or not they will do so on their own is another open question. Hard to imagine carrier subsidies on a device unless there are revenues to be earned through downloaded services and content.

To effectively capture the teen market, wireless carriers should create separate marketing messages for teens and their parents. Parents will be responsive to the value proposition, whereas teen marketing should focus on trendy gadgets and content.

Having an easy to use wireless network is going to make Silicon Valley more competitive when it comes to attracting conventions and visitors. The network will once again demonstrate that there is no better place in the world to do business than Silicon Valley.

Having a wireless play has been essential for anyone who wants to be a full-service telecom player. Sprint is not going to have any problems finding a buyer if this deals falls through.

Having wireless broadband would help some of these disaster situations. But it's not the panacea.

We think big trends like convergence, and the move to wireless and networking, will play to our strengths.

With many of our staff working remotely, wireless connectivity is crucial. Meeting Maker Mobile Powered by Intellisync has streamlined our scheduling processes by enabling our administrators to view the availability of our remote staff before scheduling new meetings with them. These remote users are then notified directly on their devices of these new meetings, eliminating the need for endless phone calls, voicemails and emails.

Hundreds of children have been recovered through the Amber Alert plan, and the ability to ultimately deliver these alerts directly to the phones of nearly 200 million wireless subscribers can dramatically increase the reach of the program. Bottom line, if you have a wireless phone of any kind, there's no excuse for not being a subscriber to wireless Amber Alerts.

We must do everything we can to reduce these needless deaths and we strongly believe that banning wireless communications devices for teen-agers learning to drive will help significantly.

We look forward to helping build the city's wireless communication infrastructure, enabling improved response times, cost-savings and productivity gains for the City of London.

We look at Qualcomm as a wireless juggernaut, and it's proving it can execute,

We look at Qualcomm as a wireless juggernaut and it's proving it can execute. The fact that they hit their numbers and slightly raised next quarter's guidance is positive.

Imagine our surprise when their hub instantly returned my signal. Since the other office was still using the factory defaults on its wireless hub, I connected just fine. No hacking, no planning - just plain, dumb chance.

Going after the wireless market and a very specific consumer, we created a new brand that's going to be specific to that.

There is a need to reduce telecom competition but there are greater opportunities in wireless than long-distance.

There is an increasing risk that Microsoft might atrophy on the PC platform as IBM did on the mainframe platform, while robust growth shifts to hand-held and wireless devices,

When they first decided that they were going to do this, they called me into the meeting and they asked me a lot of questions about what we needed. My background is in theater, so I came to it from that direction. We've got a great sound system. We've got 24 wireless body mikes and it's the neatest acoustical theater that I've been in for a long time.

Today, it only takes six to eight weeks and we only have to do it once. This eliminates the need to have to redo it. The wireless application had been a completely separate application. It had its own programming and its own code and it had its own infrastructure. Now it's one application that you can access through the regular Web or through a wireless device.

There is no functional difference between a wire-based phone call and a wireless phone call, so they should be taxed the same way. Cellular providers have chosen to pass the tax to their consumers. They could have chosen to absorb all or some of the tax as a cost of doing business.

There is a growing population of consumers that value the imaging function of their mobile phone. These consumers are willing to pay more for their handset; tend to take, share, and print more pictures with their camera phone; and spend more per month on wireless services. Vendors need a product and marketing strategy to appeal to this lucrative imaging-centric market segment.

There is a growing sense that these companies have strong wireless businesses and the market hadn't been appropriately valuing them.

The purpose of pay phones was to serve people in motion. Wireless phones now serve that same purpose, which is why we're seeing a decline in pay phones throughout the United States.

We're positioning ourselves not so much as a wireless company but as a mobile media company, ... We really see ourselves as going after the high-tech consumer, someone who wants a lot of multimedia on their handsets.

I went back to work after a month, ... Dr. Womack got me a computer and hooked me up to wireless Internet. My mother's dining room became my office.

Local governments often underestimate the very significant ongoing capital and operating costs of wireless systems while overestimating penetration rates and revenue streams.

Many handset manufacturers bet against it, notably Samsung and LG. Now, many of the U.S.-based and European wireless carriers are behind it. They're building hybrid networks, using 3G networks in urban areas and using Edge in rural areas.

IrSimple instantly connects enabled devices, eliminating the hassles found in other wireless technologies. With over 200 million IrDA-enabled mobile phones sold in 2004, IrSimple is being launched from an extremely solid base.

IrSimple is the first and only wireless protocol available today that completes this 'missing link' from a digital camera to a TV,

Sports fans can now take ESPN with them wherever, whenever. This is not your average wireless service--this is ESPN in your pocket.

Sprint does not just want to treat the enterprise like a big wireless consumer. Endpoint access must be secure before the user is granted network access.

Sprint gives customers the power to use their wireless phones to stay informed even when they're not at home or near a computer. The Housekeeping Channel is another useful tool our customers can access on the one device that's always with them -- their Sprint phone.

Sprint is the first carrier in the United States to deliver what customers want most in a wireless store, the instant gratification of downloading and owning their own personal collection of high-quality songs on a device that is always with them.

Sprint PCS continues to lead the wireless industry with record subscriber growth for three consecutive quarters. This quarter, Sprint PCS increased average revenue per customer while it reduced acquisition and operating costs-per-customer compared to the previous quarter.

President Bush's committed focus on wireless as a catalyst for technology growth is paying dividends. His leadership resulted in the historic agreement of the Department of Defense and other agencies to open up the frequencies, as well as the passage of key legislation a year ago that will make the 2006 auctions a reality.

Reliable wireless networks are not built overnight. While our competitors focus on integrating incompatible networks we will continue to efficiently invest in network enhancements to deliver what our customers want -- the best, most reliable wireless voice and data network.

Patent infringement is a reality in the wireless space. It's an operating distraction, yes. There are only so many fights that you can pick. Though in a way, it also has a value because it ultimately shows people the value of what's being developed in this space and how important it is.